> Rob, when you call your post "a factual compilation," you're holding
> yourself to an exacting standard.
>
> | MiniDisc is always separate stereo in SP mode.
>
Yeah. When its in stereo, it is ALWAYS separate, if its SP.
>
> | 212Kb/sec is standard for ATRAC.
>
> I trust that you just mistyped the number and are not calling something
> ATRAC never does its standard.
Typo.
> "The audiophile MP3 community"? That's a juxtaposition I never expected.
> Of those who call themselves audiophiles, many reject digital audio
> outright; some demand 96-kHz sampling and 24-bit samples; and after a
couple
> other subgroups we get to the laxest of them, who grudgingly tolerate
> 1.4112-Mbps CDs.
That's a quote from the article at the URL I gave. Not from me at all.
Basically, my point was that MD is one set standard. MP3 is many different
standards. SP MD is always 292Kb/sec (except in mono), MP3 is not. MP3 is
joint all the way up to 192 on the Fraunhofer STANDARD codec.
Also, I can buy a MiniDisc anywhere, any time and basically rest assured
that it will work in my MD player (unless it's an MD-Date, but oh well).
With MP3 I can't go to a store and say "I need memory for my MP3 player!",
Also, 256Kb/sec MP3 is what is said to be equivalent to ATRAC
in this discussion (At least I can tell the difference between a CD
transferred optically and the same CD MP3 compressed), hence basically
halving what the advertised minute capacity of an MP3 player is. In other
words, if it says 120 minutes on this MP3 player, you'll get 60. And another
hour will cost you $100 more! All MDs hold 60, 74, or 80 (and I've seen 85s
on the minidisc.org site). The only reason you'll get less is if the disk
becomes very fragmented, or you make a few very short tracks (or damage, but
hey). Quality varies greatly between MP3 encoders. The same applies for MD,
but its affect is not as great.
They're both compression algorithms. Forgoing all the "MD SOUNDS BETTER THAN
ME 1337 MP3z!" argument, MD is cheaper in the long run:
MD player: $200
10 hours of MD: $15.50 (rough!)
MP3 Player: $99
10 hours of Compact Flash storing 256Kb/sec MP3s: $580
*cough*
-Rob
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